[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 32497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15345]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding 
Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for 
approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other 
applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company 
and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the 
power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the 
banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, 
including the companies listed below.
    The applications listed below, as well as other related filings 
required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available 
for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested 
persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated 
in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the 
acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether 
the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards 
in section 4 of the BHC Act. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking 
activities will be conducted throughout the United States.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the 
offices of the Board of Governors not later than July 12, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Firstar Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to acquire Mercantile 
Bancorporation, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Ameribanc, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; Mercantile Bank Midwest, 
Des Moines, Iowa; Mercantile Bank National Association, St. Louis, 
Missouri; Mercantile Bank, Overland Park, Kansas; Mercantile Bank of 
Trenton, Trenton, Missouri; Mercantile Bank, Paducah, Kentucky; 
Mercantile Bank of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois; and Mercantile Bank 
of Arkansas, National Association, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire FFG Trust, Inc., Springfield, Illinois, and Mercantile Trust 
Company National Association, St. Louis, Missouri, and thereby engage 
in trust company functions, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(5) of 
Regulation Y, and thereby engage in trust company functions, pursuant 
to Sec.  225.28(b)(5) of Regulation Y; D.D. Development of Sterling, 
Sterling, Illinois, and thereby engage in community development 
financing and investment activities, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(12)(i) 
of Regulation Y; Mercantile Consumer Loan Company, Rock Island, 
Illinois, and thereby engage in making and servicing loans, pursuant to 
Sec.  225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.
    2. Mercantile Bancorporation, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire 
up to 9.9 percent of the voting shares of Firstar Corporation, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly acquire Firstar Bank 
Milwaukee, National Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Firstar Bank 
USA, National Association, Waukegan, Illinois; Firstar Metro Bank & 
Trust Company, Phoenix, Arizona; Firstar Bank Burlington, National 
Association, Burlington, Iowa; Firstar Bank, National Association, 
Cincinnati, Ohio; Firstar Bank Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Firstar 
Bank of Minnesota, National Association, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and 
Firstar Bank Wausau, National Association, Wausau, Wisconsin.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. United Financial Corp., Great Falls, Montana; to acquire an 
additional 11.3 percent, for a total of 36.3 percent, of the voting 
shares of Valley Bancorp, Phoenix, Arizona, and thereby indirectly 
acquire additional voting shares of Valley Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, 
Arizona.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 11, 1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-15345 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am]
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